GROUP GUIDE
Leading a group through these questions? Here’s a simple guide for 1.5-2 hour GROUP meeting.
Welcome and Opening Prayer. (5 minutes)
Read the passage aloud. (5 minutes)
Guide the group through the questions. (30-60 minutes)
Take time to share prayer requests and pray for each other. (15-30 minutes)
TEACHING RECAP
Summary: How do you feel about the future? When life feels uncertain, it’s easy to get caught up in fear or worry about what comes next. But what if you didn’t have to face those fears alone? Today, Jesus invites you to receive his peace, direction, and lasting purpose—three things that can change your perspective from anxiety to hope.
Main Points:
1. Jesus can replace your anxiety with peace (1-3).
2. Jesus can transform your life for the better (4-11).
3. Jesus can fill you up with deep and lasting purpose (12-14).
On-Ramps:
Draw closer to Jesus through daily scripture and prayer.
Follow Jesus through your choices and actions.
Invest your life in Jesus by prioritizing relationships.
Discussion
What stands out to you from this passage? How does this passage most challenge or encourage you?
What specific truths in this passage bring comfort to the anxieties that have been troubling you recently?
Imagine someone who does not follow Jesus reads His claim in verse 6. How do you think this person might respond to these words? How might their response be similar or different from your reaction to these words?
How does your life compare to a life invested in God’s kingdom? Are you investing your life by serving God and others or investing in things that do not last? What’s one change that you can make this week to shift the direction of your life’s investment towards the kingdom of God?
How is apprenticing with Jesus going? How have you been becoming more like Him as you learn from Him?
How do you want to respond to this passage in your daily life?
PRAYER
How can we pray for you as a group?
Next week: John 14:15-31
